My problem with him is is gives folks airtime that shouldn't get it on his show, at all. I'm not talking about folks who are just controversial but people who are blatant racists, anti-Semitic and believe some of the worst conspiracy theories.
That’s a valid point, and I see where you’re coming from, but giving those people a chance to speak their mind (no matter how crazy they may seem or be) gives the majority of rational people the ability to see them as crazy, instead of just being told that they are crazy by another person or outlet. I sure would hope that the average person is more likely to sniff out bullshit vs. being “brainwashed”.
There’s definitely a delicate line to walk between giving a potentially harmful person a platform, and suppressing voices that we may not like, and I don’t pretend to know where that line is or should be. I just know that trying to decide who gets to speak and who doesn’t is something we should be very careful with.